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Harry How/Getty ImagesBMO Field in Toronto will host the M.L.S. Cup final between F.C. Dallas, practicing on Saturday, and the Colorado Rapids.

TORONTO — Is it bad luck, a conspiracy theory or just the sort of obstacles M.L.S. will have to overcome if it is to become a relevant part of the sport and the American sporting landscape?

The Colorado Rapids and F.C. Dallas, two of the league’s original teams, will contend for the M.L.S. Cup on Sunday night. Regardless of which team wins, it will be that club’s first championship. But who in the wider sports world will care?

Few fans turn out during the season at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park for Rapids games, where the average home attendance was 13,329, or at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Tex. On average, only 10,815 showed up to watch F.C. Dallas at home — third worst in the league. So how many will show up at BMO Field in Toronto where the local team, Toronto F.C., drew on average 20,453, third most in the league?Read more…

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